At present,small towns are facing important historic opportunities in the context of new urbanization.Many innovation practices in Zhejiang Province have corroborated the complex requirements of high-quality integrated development of society,environment,and people.In the face of such complex objects and goals,the existing working mechanism and technical methods have encountered many problems.The article takes the renewal practice of Fengqiao Ancient Town as an example,explores the development process,core values,and methodologies of the "Fengqiao Experience" as a social grass-roots governance thought,and summarizes its important enlightenment to the renewal of small towns in the aspects of advancing with the times,the organizational mechanism of public participation,the planning goal of serving people’s livelihood,the technical characteristics of mild cure,and the role transformation from bottom to top.It also specifically discusses the integration of social grass-roots governance thought and small town renewal practices at the operational level,constructs a practical mechanism of pluralistic decision-making,public interaction,multi-dimensional technology,and homesickness,and provides innovative ideas for small town renewal in Zhejiang and even the whole country.